On this night it is well to bear in mind among the hustle and bustle the true purpose and value of the season, and its one that is available to anyone, of any creed; love your neighbor as yourself, life and love are precious and sacred things. Cherish family, cherish friends. Cherish life and all of the beautiful, irreplaceable things that come with it. In a world filled with random senseless acts of violence committed on those who in no way deserve them, commit random senseless acts of compassion - yes, on those that don't deserve them. Make sure that if you lose someone you love that you don't have the regret of not having loved them enough while you still had them.

That being said;

Celebrate! Rejoice! Be of good cheer and happiness, for tonight is a night of good news and renewal. Go forth through the remnants of this year and into the beginnings if the next with vigor, and confront life with all of its joy and sadness head on.

When my youngest child was born, for his first Christmas we ordered a Vermont Teddy Bear as a gift to him from his big brother (who was three at the time). There was a misspelling in the card that came from VTB.

So in the spirit of the somewhat uneducated temp who worked at Vermont Teddy Bear ten years ago, I'd like to wish you all a "Mary Christmas".